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THE DAILY ' EV jjiV li'd TELEGR APIIriIIL AIXELrni A; l WEDNESDAY; rSEI?TEMBEIVT23; r ;,868.
THE PARA Q UA YANJAR.
xW Aiiii irAt nror vrnifiAttA
Xbclr Subeequeut Occupation !f tile)
Place.
The AugloBrazUian Times of the 34th of
Autccmt sajs:
In tho absence of any official despatch re-
J:artllnp the affair of the loth of July, the fol
owlng account of It hat Interest:
At daybreak general Osorio r?celved orders
to advance on Humaita. Hardly had oat
columns got beyond the ditch, and before they
bad passed the piece of entrenchment in front or
our advanced batteries, a cloud ef white smoke
rose In the horizon, and almost Instantly aorae
cannon balls fell on the ground we were march
ing over. The enemy was telling ns he was at
big post; the place had not been evacuated. Bat
no order being received to retire, Ueneral Osorio
continued his movements. His army alvanced
in the be?t order in spite of the vacuums le t in
bis ranks from the corpses and wounded falling
from the enemy's shell. The van of the attacking
force was composed of the Fourth, Thirteenth,
and Thirty-ninth battalions, of a contingent of
sappers, and of the First corps of the Klo (Jraude
cavalry. The General and his staff fallowed
behind the explorers, that is, In front
of the column of attack. The other battalions
and cavalry corps took positions (or the
ustenta'iou of the van, or to take part lu
the combat according as circumstances would
require. From the first opening ot the enemy's
fire his artillery never ceased for a moment to
tbrow missiles corresponding to the distance.
Grape rained on our columns as soon as they
were within ranee. At that moment the com bat
was formally undertaken. The General, beside
bis soldiers, threw himself upon theeuemy's
entrenchments, exhorting his men to valor by
bis example and his words. Meauwh'le the
prape and musketry gave no truce. In fact, as
the head of our column advanced by a delle
betweeu two deep and wide lakes it suddenly
became compromised betweeu the sldej of a re
entering angle whose extremes were the vertices
cf two other salient ant-le.-, each defended by
three cannon, whose cross tire whs augmented
by musketry and by other cannon placed at
the sides of re-entering parallels to the
principal entrenchment, composed of a wide
tosse and a high parapet, and It encoun
tered a wide ante-fosse, a line of abttis,
and between the two a network of pits.
The vehicles carrying the material for the
assault failed in great part to come wahlu reach
of the asRRllants because of the darkness when
they set out and because of the frightening and
slaughter of the animals by the enemy's fire.
After cutting up a picket of twenty men, the
First cavalry dismounted at the ditch and
silenced the artillery ot one of the angles. The
Infantry, however, notwithstanding Its uuhewd
ot efforts, could not gain ground, owing to the
Wide gaps opened In them by the enemy's tire.
When Osorio saw his soldiery shaking he ad
vanced in parson, forget'ul of danuer, whither
bis military honor called him. lie wished to
declare with his blood, perhaps with his life, the
impotence of valor against such formlJable
obstacles. A Budded spark of enthusiasm
electrified the ranks as they saw him grandly
and imposingly enter a cloud of smoke wherein
active and luexorable Death was reaping with
bis funeral scythe. A generous and sublime
impulse impelled the soldiers that still remained
on foot, and all advanced. The enemy redoubles
bis efforts. It is the crhis of the struggle. Tho
General's horse falls, Bhot through. Dismounted,
the General seizes the musket of a dead soldier
beside him, aims at and shoots an artillerist In
the act of pushing a cartridge into a caunon.
Enthusiastic at his example, his stall surrounded
him at the ditch's side. Major Joao Ramos, to
Whom the General gave his lance, dies while
thrusting it into the entrenchment. Brandao
falls with his skull riven by a grapeshot. Dias
lies insensible on the ground. Adjulant-Ceneral
Tarouco receives a ball, to die of it some hours
alter. Ilia adjutants, Aprodisio and Lapa,
and his orderly aud cornet, are beside
him, lifeless. Dionysio Amaro and
bilva are contused. The latter receives a ball,
and two others plough his neck and hand: the
former has the skin ot his stomach out by a
grapeshot. Pires loses a horse; he jnmps on
another; a round-shot traverses it, throws it
into the air, and dashes the rider far awav,
bruising his limbs severely. Kodrlgues, brave
as the bravo, in reepcolod by b bmllm. rtJCUa,
Osorio, and Torres are likewise miraculously
saved, aud are the only ones yet standing.
Young Ensign Rocha Osorio, nephew to the
General, and commanding a picket, rushes
forward with his little squadron, aud receives a
wound in the arm while sticking his lance into
the enemy's bulwark; of the twenty or so body
guards of the General only five remain: the
rest are dead or wounded. The commanders of
the 4th and 3!Hh are decapitated; the Majors of
the 4th aud 10th are killed. General Osorio,
being recocnized by the enemy, was the taraet
for their shots; three or four balls tore his
clothes without touching htm. Eniign Koch .
Osorio rushes to the Geueral, and snatches tU
carbine from him, brings him a horse, ani
obliges him to mcuut.
By this time lbs Field Adjutant, sent to the Mar
quis de Caxias for orders aud to com muaicate the
state of the fight, the losses endured and the
resistance of the enemy, returns with1 the re
Kpone that O3orio might do the best he could.
The General, selng the garrison of the entrench
ment getting stronger every moment, under
stood ihat the enemy was concentratlug his
forces there, he not beiug troubled at other
points.
To sacrlSce more men would be useless, woull
be fruitless. The reconnoissance by main lorci
bad been made, the entrenchment attacked, and
the order of the General-in Cnlef accomplished.
At a cost of nine or ten hundred men killed and
wounded the system of the enemy's entreuch
rnents was ascertained, together with the
obstacles they presented. An appropriate ob
servation suggests itself: Osorio had not an
engineer with him to make a plan of the work
attacked.
The retreat of General Osorio was effected in
the same order as the attack, according to those
precepts of tactics of whose knowledge he has
shown himself possessed, giving thereof pre
viously an evident proof In his reconnoissance
of the Fort of Ksplnilla, which was rej-orted one
of the most brilliant aud regular operations of
the war. Of the fifteen officers of the battalion
of engineers which entered into action nine
were killed or wounded.
Admiral Inhanma explains why only six iron
clads were sent past Humaita, and the com
parative inaction ot them, as arising from the
extreme difficulty of supplyiLg them with coal,
munitions, and other supplies. Although ths
railway made did good service it was only
temporary, owing to the rise of water over it.
In sending up three more iron clads upon the
21st cf July, he was iuduced by the belief that
no further lise of the river was to be feared,
and by the knowledge that much ariillery had
been removed from Ilumalta, and that from
this and other similar reasons little risk would
be run by the lron-clads then sent up, as proved
to be the case.
The cannon found in Hamaita numbered 177.
The largest was a 120-pounder ritte, aud the
others varied from 82-pjunders down, exclusive
ot a 10-inch mortar. The Paraguayans are
known to have had another 120 pounder rifle,
but it is supposed to be out of sight in the river,
along with many others ironi the river batte
Ties. Three e-pounder rocket tubes wero also
got. Few muskets were left behind, and of
these most were flint locks with broken stocks,
bome others had been got out of the river
Ammunition was very abundant, and about GOO
to the piece existed when the Paraguayans
evacuated. Most of the cartridges had been
thrown into the ditches and watercourses. The
lantern shot, whether tin case or hlde-covereJ,
as chiefly composed of fragments of shells
thrown In, of pieces of chain, of hoop iron, of
oroken nttilg and screws, etc.. all very rusty,
in one ot twenty-pound calibre a small hatchjt
was found, mi Wnctl lhe Brazilian engineer
considers verv shurp practice. b
In the battery ou the Chaco twenty-four
cannon were found, two of them mortars. Oae
braes piece bore the dat0f 1871 another 1GS1
others 1774, 1795 1800, aWSe.ffie t
cannon was one C8 pounder. -"fetst
The boom which was so long an insnnerahln
obstacle to the ascent i of the Bra"" S
consisted, in the middle, of two chain, Qr two
Inch Iron, one of which had parted, two hun
dred and fifty yards in length, and another of
three-quarter inch irou two hundred and eighty
iht yards Jong.- These central chains were
secured at tho extremities to seven and three-quarter-Inch
chains fastened around piles driven
in at the sides of the liver, and had been kept
afloat bv Iron tanks and by flats; but the latter
having Wen snak the tanks were drawn down
by the weight of ths chains, and so allowed the
vessels to pass over. A formal act of opening
the river, by rutting loose the boom, was drawn
up upon the 27th, and the boom was divided
Into three equal parts, one of which was sent to
the capital ot each of the allies, "as a tropoy
commemorative of one ot the boldest feats la
the present century." At the Ilumalta side the
boom passed Into the river through a tunnel cut
to the water's edge.
Ilumalta is describe! as In'erlor In Its por
tion and its construction to Curupalty. , The
form Is an Irregulsr. almost circular polygon,
with a perimeter of some seven and a halt miles
length, mounted with about two hundred can
non. The works follow the conrse which the
nature of the terrene pointed out and rendered
so defensible. The ditch is sixteen feet wide
and thirteen deep, in general. The parapet is
six and a half feet wide, and, on the side of the
allied populous, is sustained Inside by trunks of
palms, and shows situs of age. The glacis Is
natural, and the abattis on it was of little
strength, being merely boughs of trees without
connection or fastenings, without combination
with the pallssade, or protection by terrcpleioe
from projectiles. Ths line that was op
posed to the allied armies Is covered
with salient angles to give cross firs upon
assailant. On the south side the works
are naturally defended by lakes which cover
them to the river. On this side only small can
non were placed and the abattis was only a
sham of brauchei". On the river side the best
works and the heaviest cannon are found. The
former consist of tix large and well-coustructed
batteries, ot which the London" battery is the
only one casemated. This one Is 160 paces loner,
with a parapet eight paces thick, all of masonry.
No large central redoubt existed inside the for
tress: It baa Inside a very large exercise ground,
round which buildings were ranged with bar
rsck room for six thousand men. Furniture
was got In all, and in the odicers' houses quan
tities of preserves, oil, wines, and pickles were
left behind.
As the buildings were in comparatively good
condition all the hospitals and deposits were
being removed from Corrieutes to It, and it will
be the basis of future operations.
To evacuate Ilumalta the Paraguayans had
elehty or one hundred boats, and the evacua
tion was going on for a week before it was com
pleted. First the families were removed, then
the elck, the prisoners, a large quantity of
munitions, the remainder of tho food, and
finally tho garrison, the outposts being main
tained to the last mouent to deceive the allies.
In regard to Humaita, General Gelly y Obes
says that it has no importance as a strategic
Iiolnt now, and that Pilaris the most convenient
or deposits; that Humaita is worth very little
as a work of art or fortress now that iron-cla Is
are used; that it avails against wooden vessels
because nature makes its position strong; but
even so it id easy to undo.
The Tidal riienomena of the Earthquake.
One of the most striking of the phenomena
attending earthquakes is the effect produced on
tbe sea by these convulsion, especially when the
earthquake Is near the shore. In an earthquake
there is an undulation ot the solid crust of the
earth, and tbe influence of this earth wave being
communicated to the sea, causes the latter to
swell and retire from the beach, and the great
wave rolls in upon the shore. This is frequently
tbe case in the Immediate locality of the earth
quake; but It sometimes happens that the influ
ence ot the disturbing agencies upon the sea
extends to a considerable distance from the place
where the earthquake occurs. The late terrible
earthquake furnishes some curious and highly
interesting facts bearing upon these points
facts well worthy the attention of scientific men.
In this earthquake tbe sea was terribly agitated
along the whole western coast of South America,
and along the northern coast of the
same side of the continent, as well as
on the shores of tbe tiaudwich Islands,
the disturbance of the ocean consequent
on tbe subterranean convulsions was sensibly
experienced. In Peru several of the ports were
submerged by mountain waves rolliug in from
the Pacific with terrible violence, sweeping
awav everything before them. Onthe Southern
COaSt Ol 1JUIH, at Tilatuuaa., .., -.,
distant fully fourteeu hundred miles from Arica,
at about 11 o'clock on tbe night ot the 13th of
August, that is about six hours alter the catas
trophe in Peru aud Ecuador bad taken place, a
great tidal wave swept into the bay, submerging
a greater part of tbe town ot Tulachuana and
Tome. But, more remarkable still, tidal phe
nomena of a similar character to those which
appeared on the Southern coast of the coutment
showed themselves on tbe coast of California, at
a distance of nearly four thousand miles from
Peru. Thus a letter appears in the Los Angeioa
Slar, from a Mr. B. Hewitt, describing a tidal
phenomena witnessed at Wilmington, (southern
California, on the 14th of August, at about 7
o'clock on the morning of that day. He says:
"The tide was observed to be running in with
unusual velocity for about fiiteca minutes, and
then to suddenly turn and run out for about tbo
6ame length of lime, with the same unexampled
rapidity. It is now 9 o'clock in the evening,
aud the 6arae running in and running out, at
intervals of from 15 to 25 minutes lor each
direction, has been going on since it was first
observed this morning. Captain Polhamus, of
tbe steamer Cricket, iutorms me that in crossing
the bar to-day he observed the water fall five
feet in eight minutes, and to immediately rise
the same number of feet in the same space of
time. Another unexplalnable peculiarity of
this never-before-heard-of tidal freak is that the
water from tbe sea would rua upon one side of
the channel and down on tbe other side at the
same time." The same day irregularities la
the tides in the Oakland creek were noticed by
several persons. The tide alternately
rose and fell, and it was observed at the foot ot
Washington street, in Oakland, that while drift
wood floated toward the mouth of the creek the
water was gradually rising. On the morning of
the 13tb, according to a telegram from San
Fraucisco, which appeared at tho time in the
Tribune, a series of waves commenced flowing
upon the coast off San Pedro, causing the tide to
rise 63 or 64 feet above the ordinary high water
mark, which was followed by the falling of the
tide an equal distance below the usual low
water-mark. The rise and fail occurred every
half hour for several hours. Tuus it appears
that the tidal upheaving produced by the earth
quake traveled nearly 4000 miles in about thirty
six hours.
The Opium Trade.
"Carleton" writes from Calcutta to the Boston
Journal:
"By far the most important article yielding
revenue in India is opium. It is a Government
monopoly. The poppies from which the opium
is manufactured are grown in the valley of the
Ganges, near Patna and Dinapore. There is a
sale of the drug at Calcutta on the Uth of every
month, where there is an excitement equal to
that otthe New York gold room when gold is on
arise. Tbettadeis mainly in the hauds of tho
native merchants, who rush into opium specu
lation recklessly. Everything about the drug
seems to be intoxicating. All your readers
know that England went to war with China to
force the sale of the deadly drug upon the people
ot that country. Tbe sale last year yielded a
clear revenueof thirty-five million dollars to the
India Government, aud tbe Minister of Finance,
Mr, Massey, with great glee, announces in his
budget for tho ensuing year, that the iucieased
sales will yield a profit of forty-one million
seven hundred and fiity tbouiand dollars.
"The time is near at hand when tho treaty
between England aud Chiua is to be revised,
aud (he opium question is under discussion.
The Chinese government and the Anglo-Europeans
in that country are opposed lo a continu
ance of its sale. One of the leading opium
houses in China has addressed a memorial to
the Governor of houg Kong on the subject,
setting forth the beneiits arising from the use
of tbe drug. They say: 'Opium eating tsiot a
curse, but a comfort and benefit to Vha hard
working Chinese. As well say that malt is a
curse to the English laborers, or tobacco to tha
world at large. Misuse is one thing, use
another. If to a few the opium pipe has proved
a snare, to many scores of thousands ou tho
other band has it beeu productive of heulthful
sustentution and enjoyment.'
"This nieaioiial has been answered by those
who have bad an opportunity of witnessing" tha
use of the drug in China, which presents a most
revolting picture ot the degradation, emula
tion, the skeleton figures, wet-ping, slobbering,
ever restless, tormented by terrible visions of
devils and hobgoblins, unless under the influ
ence of the drug. The love for the drug Its
consumption in China is on the Increase. iThe
India Daily Anct, of this morning, in an art.cle
upon tbe question, cajs that the consumption is
increasing In England; that the numbers using
It will be likely to Increase when It is main
tained that it Is beneficial to health, and to be
ranked with beer and tobacco. The China Gov
ernment Is as bit tetly ooposed to its use now as
it was ten years aga. It is destroying the peo
ple, takes away forty million dollars per annum,
giving an equivalent of poverty, degradation,
and death. But bavins the mononolv.' the
British Government will not relinquish such a
Jrlncely revenue - on moral considerations
ust yet."
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B
A BLOW'S INDIGO BLUE,
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1868.
PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
FLAUS, BANNERS, TRANSPARENCIES,
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Campaign Badges, Medals, and ring,
OF BOTH CANDIDATES,
Ten different styles sent on reoelpt ol One Dollar
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Flags In Maslm, Bunting, and Silk, ail glass, whole,
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Also, Mrs. Moody's Patent Selt-AdjnBtlng Abdomi
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Corset Ciaspa tt cents a pair.
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OFFICE OF COLLECTOR INTERNAL
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Will be sold at Public Pale, at i o'clock P. M.,on the
firemlt.es. Twenty-third aud South streets, the 11 x
urn ot a Distillery, consisting of three Copper rttliis.
three Worms one Doubler, lot ol empty HotshHads.
etc, seined coder warrant of d latralut, and to be sold
rs tbe property of Michael Murphey, for United
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IS lot JOHN H. DIEHL, Collector,
QEORCE PLOWMAN.
CAErKNTER AND BUILD K.
REMOVED
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pill E-P ROOF: SAFES.
916,000 In Money, valnable Books and
rapers perfectly preserved through the
fire or July 20, 18G8, at Dore's Depot,
South Carolina, In one "of MARYIN'S
SAFES, onncd by ' " ' '
DE LOUSE ft DOTE.
50,000 feet of Lumber destroyed In out
riaulng Mill In Brooklyn, May 16, 1868.
ill our Money, Tapers, and Books, saved
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MARQUETTE I
Another letter from tb great fire at Marquette,
HERRIKQ'a BAFS preserve their contents where
Sales of other noaaere fall I
Mahqubtte, Michigan, July 20, 1808.
MeaxrM. Herrina A CO.
Uknilkmbm Ou tbe nth ult., tbe entire business
twrtion oi our town was destroyed by lire. Ourafe.
which was one of your manalacture. was subject to
an luleise beat, Dut proveu iiseu adequate to me
seveie test. It lay in the ruins fourteen (fcy.. and
when taken out from its appearance (tbe outside
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In view ol the fact that several other safes previously
taken out were entirely destroyed, it was a great
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couaition,
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and lu Imitation of handsome pieces Of furniture.
uiiRuiNu'K patent BAFKH. tbe champion
Safe lor the past twjcnty-skvun years; the victor
at llie W OKLd B riis, ijunuoo; me aim,
Naw York; tna Imposition Uni YKRSkXLB, Paris.
tod WINKIB or THS WAOEg or 80,000 vbancs at the
recent International contest In Paris, are made and
sold only by tbe undersigned and our authorized
FARREL, HERRING & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA.
HERRING, FARREL & BHJCKMAN.
New York.
ITERRINO ft CO.. Chicago,
2wfm8rorp New Orleans.
Ca Xj , aUAXDHiA,
MANDVACTDBXB OW
FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF SA.FES,
LOCKeillTH, BELL-HANGER, AND DEALER.
IN BTJILUINU HARDWARE.
86 No. 484 RACE Street.
PROPOSALS.
pROPUSALS FOR CORN AND OAT3.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
UN 1
na'i I
. O. N. f
it 22, lt8. )
HKASQTTARTEBS DISTRICT OV TE1 INDIAN
'AESBiionY, Chief Quaktkbu ast
UKjrius. tout uiBaoN,
Bealed Prnnosala In dnnllnt biii h. .A.iuJn
this Ulhce until noon on MONDAY, the ttih day of
(Jcicber, 1668, for furnishing the Quartermaster's
tows tUeiU w n-Wfi to be delivered as lol-
FORT GIBSON, Cherokee Nation, 10.000 bushels of
Corn.
it'RT ABBUCKLE, Chickasaw Nation, M.000
busiiels ol Corn.
i oKT AllBUCKLE. Chickasaw Na' Ion, 8000 bushels
ot Oais.
All bids to furnish the above must be for sound
merchantable Corn or Cats, subject to the Inspection
ol the olllcei or agent of the United Btates receiving
tbe tame.
Proposals mnst in all oas specify the kind and
quanll y of Corn or Cats the bidder desires to furnish,
v hetner In sacks or bulk.
- Kach bid must be accompanied by a good and suffi
cient guarantee from two responsible parlies setting
foith mat la the event of its acceptance, they will
give ample security for the lallhiul performance of
lhe same.
Tbe right to reject any or all bids that may be offered
Is r servtd.
Proposals mnst be plainly Indorsed Proposals for
Corn,'' or "Iropoial for Uatt," as tbe case may be,
and addressed to tbe undersigned at fort Uibson,
C. N.
Payment to be made In Government fands on de
livery ol tbe Corn or Oats, or as soon thereafter as
iuuaa snail nave oeen receiveu lor mat purpose.
Delivery to commenon ou or before Nov. l. issd. and
to continue at a rale of not less than tuoo bushels per
UiUUUl UUtU W CUUUKb H UUW,
By order of
Brevet Ma1or-Gf neral B. H. GRIERBOTT.
A. F. EocKwiLt, Brevet Lieut. -OoL, A. Q. AL If. e. A.,
cniei St. Jja, xnsirict auuimu xerritury. Vitus
o
FFIGB CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Depaktmhnt of Louisiana.
New Oklkans, La., Sept. 7, iub8 f
Bealed Proposals are luvued and wl.l be received
at this Office until 11 At., IIIUkbDaY, the 24tu of
fcepleniber, 188, lor the furnlsamg and construction
ot an Iron lence aroand the National Cemetery at
Cbalnielto, La. (near New Orleans).
eeld fence win be 6124 leet long. Foundation Block
for lhe railing to be of concrete, lmbeoded two feet in
the earth: c intensions. 2-tiiRi ib.
Plans and specifications can be seen at the Office of
ine uuartermaster-Ueneral U. B. AM wasningtou. i.
C; at Office olDepot Uuartermaater. New Yurie city;
at Ottlce of Depot Quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pa.,
and at ibis OOl ce.
The ability ot tbe bidder to fulfill bis agreement
must he guaranteed by two responsible perilous.
No bid will be euteriatueu from any party who has
blibeno failed In bis engagements with any branch
of this Government.
Bids will be opened at time above named, and bid
ders are Invited to b present.
.Tbe United btates reserves the right to lejeot any or
an Pica. . .
Proposals mnst be Indorsed "Proposals for fence at
Chalii etto Cemetery," aud addressed to the under
signed. , .
Bv order of tbe Quartermaster-General TT. R. A.
CHARLKH H. TOMPKINS,
Brevst Brlg.-Ueu. aud Chief Quartermaster,
C 12 at Department ol Louisiana.
COAL. i
MIDPLETON & CO., ' DEALER'S 13
. HARLEIUH. LEHIGH and JUaULU VEIN
COAL. Kept dry under cover. Prepared expris!
tor family use. Yard, No. 1?V WAHUXNiito
Aveana. Ofttoe No. ! WALNOT Bureet. H
B. KINKELIN, AFTER A RESIDENCE
and pracilce of thirty years at the Northwest
corner of Third and Union streets, has lately re
moved to Hi.uth KLKVENTH Street, betweeu MAR
KET and I'll Kb IN UT.
H Is superiority In tbe prompt and perfect cure of
all recent, chronic, local, aud cousllluUoual aJTeo
tless of a special nature, Is proverbial.
Disease of the skin, appearing In hundred dif
ferent forms, totally eradicated: mental and physical
weakness, and all nervous debilities scleuilncally
aud surcesaluUr treated. Olllce hours trout a A. It
to H P. M.
JOHN CRUMP.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
IBOPli HO. BIS MI)B THEET. AH
XO, 17SS CIIJEAHUT TTIKET,
lit PHlI.AIrrj,PITTAi
, , FirE Insurance.,
" !
Liverpool and Londoll And Glob
' LuivancAA CompanYi '
ASBETB ," ' .'
SEVENTEEN MILLIONS.
Short Term, Perpctnal. Floating, and Beat
rollclcs Issued on taTerabie terms. .
Office, Ho. 6 MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE.
ATVVOOD SMITH,
litem
GENERAL AGIST.
DELAWARE MOTUAL SAFETY INSTJR
A NCR COMPANY, Incorporated bytheLegls
tura ot Pennsylvania, 188.
Office, Boutheast comr THIRD and WALHTJT
estreats, Philadelphia.
If ARINJS 1NSURANCK8
On Vessels, Cargo, aid might, to ail parts ot ths
World.
INLAND INHURANC1P
Cn Goods, by river, canal, lake, and land carriages to
ah Darts of tbe Cnlon.
v 1'lRJfi INBCRANOaa
On merchandise generally.
On btores. Dwelling Houaes.eto. -
asset or thi roapAsr
Novemner l, itS7.
S2M 000 Tjnlted e)tats Five Per Cent.
Loan, l(M(i.. 201,(KKW)0
1J0.000 Tjnitd mates live Per Ceuu
Loan, lssi - lM.tWOO
M.O00 United Htatee 7 S-lu ferOenULoaa
Treasnrv Notes U,M2 M
too. 000 Btate of Pennsylvania Hlx Per
Cent. Loan - 110 071 00
128,000 City of rniiadripmauix eroeut.
Loan (exempt trom tax )........ 128,82100
mm Rtkuiof New Jersev felix PurCenl.
Loan.... ltl.000'00
10 000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
Mortgage BIX Per Cent. Bonds. 11,80000
U.OOO.Peonaylvanta Railroad, Hecood
Mortgage blx Per Cent. Bonds. 28,378 00
28,0w western fennsytvania riiroaa
Hlx Per OenU Bonds (Ponnsvt. 1
vanfa Railroad gnaraateed).... 90,000 00
80,000 Btate ol Tennessee Wvs Per
Cent. Loans.... ...... 18,00000
TC00 Stale of Teunesase Hlx Percent.
Loan .... M 427000
6, BOO 00 shares slock of uermaniown .
Gas Company (principal and I
Interest truarauteed bv tha
city of Philadelphia!............, 16,000 00
i-iv mo onares ntoca oi raiivs i
nla Railroad Company............ 7,80000
5,000 lOoHharesbtnckof North Penn-
sylvanta Railroad Com pan v. ' 1,00000
- u,vuv su tnarea hlocc rnuaoeipnia
and Hnnthern Mall Hteamshln '
T Company... .... ..... 18,00000
201,800 A-oa,ne on Bonds and Mortgage,
. first Ileus on City Property....- Ml.JOfOO
11,101,400 par, Market value,
, Cost, 108,7 20,
e--.i Astate.
Bills Receivable for insurance
Balsnres due at Agencies Pre
rjjlums on Marine Policies
Accrued interest and other
debts due the Company.
Stock and scrip of sundry Insa
ranee and other Uompanles
Cosh in BtJ.? "fcS
XtfS'M
1,102,802'M
W,0000
IU,I357
INSURANCE COMPANIES. I
tt,SS4-M
i '
1,01700
CaabtoDravVS:
185,81863
Thomas O. Hand, , James O. Hand,
a viui ru. xavia,
Kdmnnd A. Honder.
Joseph H. Heal, '
Tbeophllua Paulding,
It 607,90818
Kdward Iiarlington
John R. Penrose,
H.Jones Brooks,
Henry Moan,
George G. Lelper,
William G. Boulton,
Edward Lafourcade,
ii awn xuegei,
tUiuuel K. ntokes, i
James Traqualr, '
William U Ludwlg,
. . . U U I . I ,
James B. Mcs'arland,
Hpencer McMvalpe,
Henry O. Ballett, Jr.,
Ueome W. Bernardoa,
B. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
J, B. feempie,
" Vrr iahii, i-resioeni,
HUTRT LTLBCBJ! SS?1 V""
H1LNRY BALL, Assistant HecretarV. 12 80'
1829-CIURTEB PERPETUAI.
Franklin Fire Insurance Co.
OF riHLADEWiHA.
OFFIOK
Kos. 435 and 437 OIESSUT STKEET.
ASSETS ON JANCABT 1. 1808,
$003,74000,
CAPITAE. , eO,0.o
ajfj. C . l.Vltt,8u.gf
PBEUIVMa. l.l,84-
UNSETTLED CLAIMS. , INCOME FOR 1868
. . 39u,0000).
IISBESPAID SINCE 18S0 OTEJB
5000,000.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
DIRECTORS.
uDaries n. rsancxex,
Tobias Wagner,
Bamuei uraut, '
George W. Richards.
WW AJKH
kGeorgs Fales,
&irreo i- itier,
IUVIUM UIWIU,
4 1 1 1 1 . Til H f-l..n
r4T A "RT.ITa X. mum-vn n
... m GaoRom FALJfiB, Vlos-President.
Kxcept at Lexington, Kentucky, (his Comoanv has
.. .
T N S U A N C E C O M P A N ?
NORTH AMERICA, j
No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PHILADA.
INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPETUAI.
Murine, Inland, ana lire Insurance.
ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1868, - $2,001,20672
$20,000,000 Losses Pali la Cash filar iU
Organization. ;
DIBX.OTORB. '
Arthur G. Coffin, George L. Harrison.
ranuis K. Cope,
Ko ward H. Trotter.
Atfward ri. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred I). Jessup,
John P. White,
LouU a Madeira.
G COFFIN, President.
bainuel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
William Welsh,
Blchard D Wood,
JB. Morris Wain,
John M vutnn.
' ARTHUR
Cttatit "Irs Piatt He.,tRr
WILLIAM BUEBLKR. Harrlsburg, Pa-, Central
STRICTLY MUTUAL.
1 1 !
PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST CO.
. OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOURTH STBEET.
Organised lo promote LIFE INSURANCE among
memners oi ins
SOCIETY OF FRIEND3.
Good risks of any class accepted.
Policies Issued upon approved plans, at tbe lowest
rates,
President,
SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY.
Vice- President, .WILLIAM C. LON GST BET H.
Aotuary, ROWLAND PARRY,
The Advantages ctftrsd by this Company are not
excelled. 737
T O N 1) O N
IMPERIAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
ESTABLISHED 103.
Paid op Capital and Accumulated Funds,
8,000,000 IN GOLD.
IXX-AX, rj'BXCTOBS
E. M, ARCHIBALD, II. B. M. Consul, Chairman.
A A LOW, of A. A. Low A Bios.
K. B JAPPRAY.of J H. JaUiay A Co.
RICHARD IKVIN.of Klcbard IrvluACo.
UAV1U HaLOMON No. u W. Tblrlv-eUhtb St.
J BOOKMAN JOHNt-ON, of J. J. Johusou E Co,
JAM Hi C ART, Of J, J, btuart er Co.
K. W. CROWELL,
Resident Manager, No. 40 PINK Hireet, N. V.
PBKVO-T A H KIIKINH, Asenis,
1 22 In Ho, V7 . THIRD ritreet, PUUad.
T ILLINCH AST tt H I L T !i
EtSURAKCB E00MS,
r. f
i
v
No. 409 WALNUT St
AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS FORJ
i
llome Fire Insurance Company,
NEW HAVEN. tJOUt
SprlugSeld Fire and Atariue Ins. Co
SPRING FIRLD, MA8I
Tonkers and Ken York Insurance CV j
1. ... , HEW. TOR
Peoples' Fire Insurance Company, 1 j
WORCESTER, XAK
Atlantic Fire and Murine Insurance Co., )
--.- PRUVIDAIACJC, R. I
Guardian Fire Insurance Company, . j
. ...-,... HJiiW TOKl
Lumberman's Fire Insurance Co., :
CHICAGO, ILf
Insnranoa effected at LOWEST BATE8. j
AU losses promptly and liberally Adjusted at thslr
Offlce, Ko. 408 WALNUT Street I
H ' FHILadelph r a."
COMPAal o
1
P11CESIX IN6UKANCB
PnlLAUKI.PhlA.
1NOORPORATKD 1804-CHARTER PERPETDAV
Na tot W ALNUT (Street, opposite" tnV riiSSwX
This company Insures from loss or damage by 1
on Uheral terms on butldiugs, merchandise. fbrnltnW
ew,. for limited perioss, ana wffianeatly ou hiiii
togs by deposit opremlums. Ou bull
-A ne company nas been in active operation tor mne
tban SIXTY YKftKb, during which AU louSiSJI
ueen pruuipiiy aaiusuxi ana jjbio.
nr ULYlTOUid
M. B Mahony,
John T. Lewis, .
William B. Grant,
Robert W. Learning,
D. Clark W harton.
Lawrence Lewis. Jr.
David Lewis.
Benamln Ettlng, '
Thomas H. Powers.
A. R. Mc Henry,
Kdmnnd Casrliloo,
Hamuel Wlloox, .
i.ewis v. worris.
JOHN R. -WlKIHIIIlSR. Pwalilli-iL I
FIBE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY THE
fKNNBYLVANIA FIR a: INSURANCE COM
PAN Y Incorporated 1&25 Charter Perpetual No
6111 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Square
This Company, favorably known to tbeoocumuultj
for over forty years, sjnilnues to Insure against Jos.
or damage by Are on Publlo or PrlvateBulldlnss
either perm auently or for m limited time. Also on
Furniture Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise gene
rally, on liberal terms,
Their Capital, together wl'b A large Burolns Fund
Is Invested In tbe moat csreiul manner, winrh
them to offer to the Insured an undoubted security In
DIBivrOBS.
Daniel Smith, Jr..
Alexander Benaon,
Isaac Hsr.leburst,
Thomas noo n.,
John Deverenr.
Thomas bmith,
Henry i.ewl,
J. 41lllno)i.m VaII.
T. .. .. It TT .. .. A 1 - " '
' DANIEL SMITH, JB., President.
WM. 0. CBOWKLL, Secretary. a itSj
STEAMBOAT LINES.
nps BRISTOL LINE
BETWEEN KEW YORK AND BOSTON.'
via BKisroL. ; n , j
f Ti,p.:0.yiEKNCK' Taunton, new bkdforh
EisVanrNorui."1" ' """ counlc,
TT,HwIn?wM',i?.,Dle,,l,, BRISTOL an
PROVIDENCE, leave Pier No. 40 NORTH RIVER,
root of Canal street, adtoinlns Ttahr-uiua . vu--w
ZlfIk,,ltr' dally, buudays exoepte-1, coal,
nectltig with steamboat train at Bristol at i no A. M,. 1
arriving In Boston at A, M., in time to oonneot wlUi
all Lh R mnnilii trains .v.. ... tUu. r- . . .
siraole and pleasant route to the Whl'e Mountains.
Travellers for that point oau make direct connec
tions by way of Providence and Worcester, or Boston,
state-rooms and Tickets seemed at olllce en Plec in
Im H. O. BBIQQB. General Manager.
PHILADELPHIA AND, TBBX.
ssbbbu-AshkU tun bleamooat Line. Ine steamboat
jt-KWU AiuxtRKoT leaves ARCH Street Wharf, tor
lrenton, stopping at Taoosy, Torresdale, Meverly,
Burllugion, Bristol, Floreuce, RoUolns' . Wbarf, and
White Hill.
Leaves Arch Btreet Wharf I Leaves South Trenton.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 1, P.M Saturday, Sept. 111, 6X P.M
Sunday, Sept- iO, to Burlington, Bristol, and Inter
mediate landings, leaves Arcn street wharf at 8 A.M.
aud P. M. leaves Bristol at 10, A.M. and i!4P. M,
Monday. Sept. 21. 2', P.M Monday. Seitt. XL P.AC
Tuesday, ' 22, 8A.M Tuesday, . ,. u,,t A.M
Wed'diiV.
1 bursday.
j!riuiy
ii. S A.M
2i, D'.A.il
!6, 7HA.S)
WAdii,
fhuisday,
a in a f
OA -IIIL? A IX
" 24, lli A.M S
riut.y, io, i?m.w isriaay, "i , Il, A.Jtt
TH'Ara to Trentun. AU ('Mil lm ki. h vu m luiuriiiilluia
places, ii cents. 1 4 11
mjAfSZZ F(JK CHESTBH, DOOli, AXD
J iiirTa. WLLMINOTON-At I 80 aud DMA, Mi
Sua 4wr. Al
The steamer B, C FELTON and ARIEL leave
CHEBNUT Street Wbarf (Sundays excepted) at B SO
and t-eo A. M., and 8 to P. M.. returning leave WU
Eilngten at ('60 A.M., 12 60, and Idu P, M, Stopping at
Chester and Hook each way. j
Fare, 10 cents between all points.
Excursion tickets, l. cuuta, good to return by eltheg
boat. siu
V-JtZlS,, OPPOSITION TO THE COkt.
rI-MT;ii,., RAILROAD AND RIEit
Atumuruii i . , ., . ,
Steamer JOHN SYLVESTER will make dally
excursions to Wilmington (Sundays excepted), leach
ing at Cheater and Marcus Hook, leaving ARCH
B'.'6' bajf at 10 A. M. and 4 P. &L returning, leave
WlimlngtoB at 7 A. M. and 1 P. JL, -t
Ught fcslgbi taken. , . , . . BTTRN !
rtZS DAILY BXCUKBIOR8.-T1U
sSdiiSLi splendid (steamboat JOHN A. WAJ
tstMjo.. ieaves CHi-J-iN UT Street Wbarf, Phllada. at I
o'clock and 6 o'clock P. M., for Burlington and
Bristol, touching at River too. Torresdaie, Andalusia,
nu jteveny. neiiiixnuic, leaves Atriasoi as 1 aroiooa .
A. M.and
Fare, cents each way: aTxcnrslon S ots.
11 kt
ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETC
s7t i'i i iifit Boiler works. neapijc
iTV.1 14jA1, AKD THEORETICAL ENINv
KACHINIBTb, BOlLEH-MAKERS, bXa&
foMIliiis, and FOUNDERS, having tor many yj
been In successful opeiatlon, antf been exoluaivi
, uuiiuuig sua repairing ssarine aaa nil
Eugluee, high and low-pressure. Iron Boilers. Wa
Annas, Propellers, etc. etc, respectfhlly offer thaV
puoiic as oeiug ruity prepared lo cob
tract fur engines of all sizes, Marine, River, an
btationary; having seis of patterns of different siae
are prepared to execute orders with quick despatel
borteet notice. High and Low-pressure Flui
Tubular and Cylinder Boilers, ol the best Pennsyivn
till, CliArrnul Imn nf nil - - . . '
Iron and Brass Castlugs of all descriptions. Bo
Tii r n 1 tit H.hiB, is, ..... n.t. s 'vue, ah)
wit. r.hSabow buir,;: ""u """""" ww" x,nne
thLaTh"d'"?!P" -one
au.. .uurnuuDia uw eujjiij wunaorK room f
repair ol bonij( when they can ll in Sf fJS Sbi
and am nrnvuluri n-ut-. t.vA..M Ki..i. Crr.
lir ralamv hi.e a. li.,i,r ...ii.hi. '
" - HMT AVA T VISA AA MS.
JACOB O. NKAFIH,
ill BEACH and PALMEltBireeti
WILLIAM a. MXXJtl j
IIFTfl All
I. VALSHN KUmil.
iflHV rv. .
COUTHWAKK FoUADJi?.
fHii-Aiai.PHiA,
manufacture High and Imw Prewure bteam Enisa
lor Laud. Itlv.r. u.i M.n... urvi. "P,e
Boilers, Qasomeiera, Tatks, Iron Boats, eta.
Castings of all kinds, either Iron or brasa.
jrpn-rameRooaioiUis Work, Workshops, btl
alBllllWU DM..IUOS, ri.uj
aiaiv,. - S Hl lateaiana loss
Improved ooiutruotloll.
Every, description of Plantation Manhlnerv.
Su.ar. Saw. and urlst Mm. Vuo....... u..;
Steam 1 rains, Defecators, Filters, Pumpiug,'
kZZy. ,v7 "IBn rateni aagar noi
?K iV.-.Ti I r." . " r-"1"1 Bteam naiumer, v
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